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Can body armor stop a 50 CAL? Could You survive if it did?

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I've always wondered if body armor could stop a 50 cal, or how many plates would be required. The more interesting question was could you survive the shot even if the plates stopped it. Today on Garand Thumb science we put this all to the test. Stay tuned. 00:00 Can Body Armor Stop A 50 CAL? 01:36 Experiment setup 04:14 50 Cal vs 1 Armor Plate 08:04 50 Cal vs 6 Armor Plates 10:12 50 Cal vs 3 Armor plates 11:30 RAUFOSS 50 CAL vs Armor 13:23 EXPERIMENT CONCLUSIONS For the purpose of this video, this semi automatic shotgun utilizes 10 round magazines Patreon Signup -   / garandthumb   Onward Research http://onwardresearch.com/ SDI School: https://sdischool.co/Garand Xidax Computers: https://tribelink.co/Xidax Insta:   / garand_thumb   GarandThumb on Facebook:   / garandthumb1   ...more
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Can body armor stop a 50 CAL? Could You survive if it did?
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I've always wondered if body armor could stop a 50 cal, or how many plates would be required. The more interesting question was could you survive the shot even if the plates stopped it. Today on Garand Thumb science we put this all to the test. Stay tuned. 00:00 Can Body Armor Stop A 50 CAL? 01:36 Experiment setup 04:14 50 Cal vs 1 Armor Plate 08:04 50 Cal vs 6 Armor Plates 10:12 50 Cal vs 3 Armor plates 11:30 RAUFOSS 50 CAL vs Armor 13:23 EXPERIMENT CONCLUSIONS For the purpose of this video, this semi automatic shotgun utilizes 10 round magazines Patreon Signup -   / garandthumb   Onward Research http://onwardresearch.com/ SDI School: https://sdischool.co/Garand Xidax Computers: https://tribelink.co/Xidax Insta:   / garand_thumb   GarandThumb on Facebook:   / garandthumb1  

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